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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his)

@wargojon.bsky.social
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Writer丨Gamer丨Designer丨Teacher丨Learner丨Critical Literacy丨Technology丨Learning Sciences丨Inquiry Methodologies丨Equity & Racial Justice (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈 www.jonwargo.com *All opinions shared here are my own*

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Citation remains a political and pedagogical choice.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remember how I went to see The Notebook: The Musical last night by myself and I just sobbed the entire time!? #MyDays
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Don’t believe people who tell you ai can be liberatory or any other misappropriation of movement talk or justice frameworks. Find some people who are preparing to rebuild and cast your lot with them. Then read a bit more. Just keep your wits about you because they are trying to run game.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
whoa, the "focus" feature on Word is a game-changer #WriteWargoWrite
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Happy Birthday @mgardnerkelly.bsky.social!
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Yay It's Your Birthday!
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You know what Republican midterm ads won't show? Americans are selling their blood to afford food, and people are choosing between buying gas or making rent. That's the economy Republicans have created under Trump.
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Elyse can’t even @elyseea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This SCOTUS ruling can lead to much mischief. People need to monitor their registration in the face of purges, and some might need assistance in proving their citizenship. And there is not much time to do this: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/25/u...
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Supreme Court Allows Expansive Federal Database for Voter Screening (Gift Article)
Critics of a citizenship database built by the Trump administration have raised alarms about privacy and improper voter purges.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
do we know if hybrid engagement will be as robust at @isls2027.bsky.social as it was at previous conferences? We're hosting a proposal-writing workshop soon here at U-M, and many folks are curious because they don't have the capacity to travel to the in-person convening. #LearningSciences #ISLS27
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
a high five? i will give u a high six for doing your best out here
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Nikole Hannah-Jones w/ a sobering follow-up on her decision yrs ago to enroll her daughter in a poor, majority-Black public school rather than a wealthier, whiter private school. You leave heartbroken for the kids being failed by this grossly unequal system. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/20/m...
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In Fighting for Every Black Child, Did I Betray My Own? (Gift Article)
A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So when gas costs $11 dollars a gallon, can I just work remotely!? I’m already priced out of living in Ann Arbor
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Jim Halpert's 'Eh Meh' Shrug
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
let me tell you, Luther Vandross is the best soundtrack for grant writing...
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ecstatic to see this piece in print and featured in the Journal of Early Childhood Literacy. If you are interested in co-design, participatory analysis, and/or how promoting the ingenuity of familial play animates children's rightful presence, check it out! doi.org/10.1177/1468... #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
blasting smashing pumpkins before class #1979
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The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
...when your very squeaky Shiba Inu jumps on your lap mid-Zoom with a very important group of people
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"ultimate danger remains that, when institutions comply with authoritarian wishes, the govt will just ask for greater and greater concessions. After all, if you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk." The anatomy of a coup d’université www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
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That Same Ol’ Authoritarian Playbook
Throughout history, autocrats have gone after higher ed finances to control institutions’ culture.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Increase in productivity since 1979: 93% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 34% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.
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Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
That's how you do a headline: www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Trump’s new proposal for colleges fits his larger segregationist project
This new proposed policy is an extension of Trump’s unprecedented campaign against the independence of America’s system of higher education.
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W. Carson Byrd @wcbyrdphd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
‘Capitulating…only emboldens further attacks on colleges’ independence. University leaders should make it clear that it’s their right to address historical inequities & help students from historically marginalized racial groups…&…fight this authoritarian escalation’ ~ @victorerikray.bsky.social
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Opinion | Trump’s next high education target: schools that help Black students
Victor Ray: American universities must stand up to Trump's plan to re-segregate higher ed
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
...all I do is build rubrics these days 🫠
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Have to be honest, the "why aren't you applying for federal grants?" line in my faculty annual review letter made me cackle #ReadtheRoom #OpenYourEyes #TheseAreNotNormalTimes #IWontSellMySoultoAI
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
It's like a parody, but it's deadly serious; the Commerce Department (which includes Census, NOAA, and others) has outright deleted "don't alter or suppress scientific findings for political reasons" from its scientific integrity rules. Seriously.
Protecting against "inappropriate influence" is no longer a "hallmark" of scientific integrity

The Commerce Department updated its policy for promoting a "culture of scientific integrity" in January 2025, days before Trump's second inauguration.

A new Trump administration order bans the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Economic Analysis from using statistical “noise,” or data for fuzzing survey results, to protect people’s privacy in their statistics.

The 2025 version included bans on attempts to shape or interfere in data collection, statistical analysis and other scientific activities "against well-accepted scientific methods and theories or without scientific justification."

The department's policy, the 2025 version said, involves ensuring scientific findings at its agencies "are not suppressed, delayed, or altered for political purposes and are not subjected to inappropriate influence," as well as making sure there's "independent review of facilities, methodologies, and other scientific activities as appropriate to ensure scientific integrity."

That language is missing, however, in the Trump administration's revision of the policy, according to an NPR analysis of text posted on the Commerce Department's website.

And while the revision adopts a definition for "scientific integrity" that is similar to the previous version, it no longer says that "protection from inappropriate influence" is among the "hallmarks of scientific integrity."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 31/08/2026
in john roberts’ constitution, congress does not exist and the power of the purse belongs to the president, who is an elected dictator embodying the authentic Will of the People
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Sir Charles Anthony @sircharlesanthony.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I mean all the lies and delusion aside, It’s the 6 fingered soldier for me. Not only is this president a blight on humanity, but so is the incessant, callous use of AI. It’s disgusting to say the least.
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David M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Red State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training Students: we hate that is there another option? Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training. It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
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Perry: Republicans fought ‘indoctrination.’ Now they’re telling students what to study.
The conservative attack on higher education in states like Iowa is hard to watch. But it also provides an opportunity for blue states like Minnesota.
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 27/08/2026
Trump’s war with Iran is costing the average American family at least $1,200.
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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Trump is an economic illiterate. But Democrats in general have been hesitant to simply say this. About time.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
*shakes head* I am feeling like Mark Carney today. I am in my FAFO era
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Find Out F*ck Around Graph Explained
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
What can be studied is always a relationship or an infinite regress of relationships. Never a "thing." (Bateson, 1978, p. 249)
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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 26/08/2026
Fun to hang with you all tonight! And if you haven't yet checked out our podcast Pop & Play, give it a listen and let us know what you think tc.edu/popandplay We're super normal...ish. #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Boop! 👇🏼
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Nathan Holbert @snowdaylearninglab.org · 26/08/2026
A5: In a G4C keynote my friend @nickfortugno.bsky.social reminded us that play and games are vital to creating community and joy -- both of which are in short supply in our society today. 1/2 #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A4: I agree with Gray, but the level of "surveillance" (of play) has changed, even in seemingly offline contexts (e.g., Flock cameras). I think it is important to discuss this as youth explore and engage in play, both digital and otherwise #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A3: Albeit contested and at times precarious, digital environments provide young people (and everyone, tbh!) w/ spaces for affinity and community. They are also spaces for collective sensemaking. I think about the young users on Roblox who have staged virtual protests & anti-ICE rallies. #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A2: As others have noted, the concept of "PL(AI)" (play with/through artificial intelligence) is making me very tense & nervous. From the production & circulation of deepfakes and disinformation to embedded algorithmic bias, it feels as if digital play is becoming increasingly uncertain #literacies
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AERA Writing & Literacies SIG @writinglit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Play that we don’t understand sometimes makes us uncomfortable because we don’t get it and don’t know how to navigate it. What kind of play do you see in the larger social, digital landscape that feels uncertain, complex, and perhaps tense? Let’s talk about it. #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A1: Tried to prioritize play these last couple of months. Had the best time playing on the (pickleball) court in the evenings and studying young children's playful sound art encounters with their caregivers at the Clyfford Still Museum during the day. #literacies
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Hey y'all! Jon Wargo here. Joining the amazing Dr. @haenyyoon.bsky.social and Dr. @snowdaylearninglab.org from Michigan! Excited to talk play this evening! #literacies
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Do not normalize children dying from measles. Measles was previously eliminated in the US, thanks to vaccines. When children die from measles, it means that adults have catastrophically failed to protect them because they have rejected basic science.
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
*sings in operatic falsetto* I still think AI is absolute garbage bullshit
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Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Whatever you call it, you just made all the goods we buy that come across our border more expensive. Michigan, he’s asking us to pay for his vanity trade war with our money.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
*shakes head* all I do is send email...
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Peter J Woods @awasteofredmeat.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from my union work over the past few years, it’s that when people start treating universities like businesses they also start projecting their shitty opinions about retail workers on to educators too
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Jon M. Wargo (he/him/his) @wargojon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I love me some Canada 🇨🇦
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
At "Rally for Democracy" protest in Mount Kisco New York, Aug 22 2026:
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